Choose Your Domain Name

Brainstorm your top 5 keywords

Who is your target audience?

What products/keywords do you want to rank for in google?

Examples include bluewidgets.com if you sell blue widgets, or if that’s taken I like to use a popular term like bestbluewidgets.com or bluewidgetswin.com… or if you’re a female brand, how about bluewidgetdivas.com lol it’s easy! 🙂

Make Our Domain Name Unique

Concentrate on creating authority

It’s not always best to follow trends such as web 2.0 and web apps that all sound like wufeee etc.

Avoid domains that sounds extremely generic and unbrandable.

Only use dot-com domains (.com)

Avoid other top level domains (TLDs) like .info, .net, etc…

If your audience is tech savvy, maybe strange extensions can work for you. Bit.ly for example, is a link shortening service used by webmasters and bloggers all over the world.

If your audience is not tech savvy, be sure your domain is a dot-com.

The general public still always types .com if they are trying to reach a website.

Make It Easy To Type

This is easy – just test it a few times, typing it yourself, and having your friends type it as well.

Example of an easy to type domain: facebook.com..

Generally the fewer fingers needed to type, and the shorter it is, the easier to type.

Make it easy to remember

Include as few words as possible

Make it catchy/memorable

Know who you’re targeting -include their biggest desire keyword in the domain

Create Expectations and Deliver On That Promise

Think about your domain like it’s an ad, so the message is coordinated with what users see on your homepage.

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Set Yourself Apart With A Brand

Creating a brand instead of a generic site helps set yours apart from the rest. In both humans’ eyes and Google.

Avoid Using Hyphens and Numbers

My-blue-widgets-online-for-cheap.com is the type of domain to use if you want to build out a big network of small sites, to compliment your biggest money site, which is your main business.

Let’s go over how to choose your domain name.

Here are 10 Rules For Choosing the Best…..

Brainstorm your top 5 keywords

Who is your target audience?

What products/keywords do you want to rank for in google?

Examples include bluewidgets.com if you sell blue widgets, or if that’s taken I like to use a popular term like bestbluewidgets.com or bluewidgetswin.com… or if you’re a female brand, how about bluewidgetdivas.com lol it’s easy! 🙂

Make Our Domain Name Unique

Concentrate on creating authority

It’s not always best to follow trends such as web 2.0 and web apps that all sound like wufeee etc.

Avoid domains that sounds extremely generic and unbrandable.

Only use dot-com domains (.com)

Avoid other top level domains (TLDs) like .info, .net, etc…

If your audience is tech savvy, maybe strange extensions can work for you. Bit.ly for example, is a link shortening service used by webmasters and bloggers all over the world.

If your audience is not tech savvy, be sure your domain is a dot-com.

The general public still always types .com if they are trying to reach a website.

Make It Easy To Type

This is easy – just test it a few times, typing it yourself, and having your friends type it as well.

Example of an easy to type domain: facebook.com..

Generally the fewer fingers needed to type, and the shorter it is, the easier to type.

Make it easy to remember

Include as few words as possible

Make it catchy/memorable

Know who you’re targeting -include their biggest desire keyword in the domain

Create Expectations and Deliver On That Promise

Think about your domain like it’s an ad, so the message is coordinated with what users see on your homepage.

Asdf

Set Yourself Apart With A Brand

Creating a brand instead of a generic site helps set yours apart from the rest. In both humans’ eyes and Google.